Mac G5i no longer recognising digital camera

This was working fine one day and then not the other, Previously whenever I plugged in my Pentax Optio S5i via USB port it was picked up immediately and I could copy over photos. Now nothing happens I go to System Profiler and under USB it's there, so the computer knows its plugged in but when I choose Image Capture it says no device connected, I am at a loss. Apple Online Support couldnt help they made me reset my PRAM and NVRAM but that has made no difference. My Applecare disk passed everything... I read somewhere about reinstalling from Pentax's website the camera's driver but it doesnt work as its for version 8.6.... I am at a loss. Can anyone please point me in the right direction.
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Hi Jimmy --
Well, this one has me stumped, too, at least for now. I'm continuing to research it, but so far all I've come up with is an archived thread where somebody appeared to have the same problem as you with the same camera following an upgrade to iPhoto 5.0.4: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=953982&#953982
Unfortunately, as you can see, the thread doesn't indicate if the problem was ever solved.
Finally, just so we're clear, you're not getting any other error messages except for the "device not connected" message from the software (iPhoto, Image Capture), even though the device appears to be recognized by the hardware (i.e., System Profiler). Right?
I'll keep looking, but in the interim, perhaps a post in the iPhoto forum is worth considering, if for no other reason than it might reach a different set of Discussions users, some of whom might even have your model camera and/or have experienced your problem. Also, I have yet hit the Pentax support site, but that might be another source of potentially valuable information(doubtful, but worth looking).
Hmmmm.
-- JDee

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